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2
: not known by name : anonymous
3
: having no legal right to a name (as due to being born to parents not married to each other)
4
: not having been given a name : unnamed
5
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
6
a
: incapable of precise description : indefinable
b
: too repulsive or distressing to describe
namelessly
adverb
namelessness
noun
Examples of nameless in a Sentence
She left the hotel with a nameless man in a black jacket.
The source for my story prefers to remain nameless.
A top government official, who shall remain nameless, has expressed concern about the decision.
The men were buried there in nameless graves.
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The nameless boy becomes nothing more than collateral damage on the men’s superficial spiritual journey, cheapening any real progress that the brothers had made.
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
The brother leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
State government may sometimes seem nameless and faceless but is in fact a collection of programs that exist to benefit the people of Maryland.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
LinkedIn actually serves you best when your internal experts—not just your brand page or nameless marketers—share insights in their own voices.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 30 May 2025
The brother leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
State government may sometimes seem nameless and faceless but is in fact a collection of programs that exist to benefit the people of Maryland.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
LinkedIn actually serves you best when your internal experts—not just your brand page or nameless marketers—share insights in their own voices.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nameless
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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nameless
adjective
name·less
ˈnām-ləs 
1
: having no name
2
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
3
: unknown entry 1, anonymous
a nameless hero
4
a
: impossible to describe
nameless fears
b
: too disgusting or disturbing to be described
nameless acts of cruelty
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